Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-30

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The German bark L. Hagen. Can
tain Bnsb. Sos nef tonnaRH, 50 days
from MeieooE1e, arrived yesterday.
Ihe following vas Cleaned from
the losbook: Departed from MsI
beurne January 18th, With q skeaAy
wind FROM the sgmkheasa. Good weather
nntil FsorEsgy 4shs when the barometer
fell 70 35.60. % By the French eaioala-
ton 70 ~. This rs II latitude SIS
sosth and ioncis ade liz, and q strsnR
gale Of Wind from The northeass struck
40 with fun force. Tba Storm continued
until usxt day, when tie Wind changed
70 the northwest and uoderated. Then
9e bad fair westerly winds until tie
time Of car arrival e PERI Townsend
yesterday. On April 1ss and "a dead
calm Was experienced.
This will be rememhersd as the time
when s1ch severe Storm ragged OF the
Cape.
The bark was chartered prior 10 her
arrival TO load lu1beF from faeoms for
MelbourDe, at - lis. Sd. Per thousand
fest.
Tia British bark Howard, Captain
Perry. lo62 nst tonnage. arrived yezssF-
cay, 70 days from Dansdia, New Zsa-
land. uRdsz charter to load lumber
frem PoFt Blakely fsE MslboaFne, a. 81
los. per thousand feet.
TIE Gsrmsn bark Carl Both, Oaptain
Hall, vas toued up 20 Part Haaloek
yesterday By the steamer Enterpriss, 10
Lad lumber for Melbourne.
The zhip Csrondslef, Captain Sssts0n.
1916 INST tonnage, 10 IN the harboF from
Seattle, with cargo OF MOO tons Of easl,
b0and for San Francisco. She viii
probably sail today 81 Aesday, weather
permitting.
Tue Norueoiaa bark 0phir was lewed
~ the tug Holyoke. Yesterday, 20 load
lumber for the Colonies, - 80 shillinea.
The Norwegian bark Ephialtes. Cap
tain Huzikensen, 6sS net tonnage,
which sailed from Melbourne on Feb
ruary Sshs for Puget Sound apdeE q
charter 20 load q return cargo Of lum-
Der. is due.
The British bark z IiIA. Captain No
Kay, y3f net tonnage, which arrived
here IN the early part Of the present
m0Bth from Newcastle via Honolulu
haa been chartered 70 load lumber from
the Norwegian bark NordsfisFnan, Gan
tain q. r. RsinsteFn, 1910 net t0nnaee,
which sailed on the 30th ultimo fer
Melbourne, and returned here on the
6th instant 10 distress. The chartered
rate IL e los per Thousand fest. Ths
latter vessel viii probably await her
owners advices.
The German bark Johann KepleT,
vss toVed up to Tacoma yesterday to
load lumber for Melbourne By the tug
Queen City.
The lumber expectation from Puget
Sound 20 foreign ports last month was
ths largest since last November. A fair
demand % being made in the Australian
colonies fer American lumber. sydney,
N. 3. W., takes the lead in receiving
lumber shipments from the Sound. The
total shipment of both rough and dress
ed lumber amounted to 1855, 939 feet.
The total estimated valne of exports 10
$751; 7l65. These large shipments were
carried from our ports on thirteen vas-
sells, the greatest number since last No
vsmbeF, when tventy-six sailed foreign
loaded with lumber. The average char
ter rate for vessels to Sydney. N. s. W.
hos been 46 shillings; to Melbourne, 80
shiIlings, and to Valparaiso the tariff
amounted 10 42s. 50. per thousand feet.
Several carRoes, however, we're ship9ed
on the owners accounts. The future
outlook for Puget Sound lumber may
be said TO be exceedingly good. Daily
reports are received of new charters for
lumber vessels.